📅 17/05/24🕒 19:00🏟️ St. Mary's Stadium🧑⚖️ T. Robinson
ScorerA. Armstrong2 goalsBiggest Swing+2.16 xT86' A. ArmstrongCards4
Southampton 3-1 West Brom — xTears 14.70 (17/05/24)
Southampton won 3-1 against West Brom on 17 May 2024 in EFL Championship Promotion Play-offs - Semi-finals, even with the xTears split tilting slightly the other way. Total damage: 14.70 xTears.
A. Armstrong ended up carrying the main damage for Southampton through W. Smallbone 49' goal (+1.52 xT) and then A. Armstrong 86' penalty (+2.16 xT).
The scoreboard and xTears did not tell exactly the same story: Southampton punished better without fully owning the emotional volume.
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How it unfolded
Timeline
49'
Goal
1-0W. Smallbone - Southampton
Assist: D. Brooks
78'
Goal
2-0A. Armstrong - Southampton
Assist: F. Downes
86'
Penalty
3-0A. Armstrong - Southampton
90+7'
Goal
3-1C. Kipré - West Brom
Assist: M. Johnston
Late drama
🔥
8.33
86'
Penalty
+2.16 xT
A. Armstrong - Southampton
90+7'
Goal
+1.41 xT
C. Kipré - West Brom
Assist: M. Johnston
90+4'
Yellow card
+1.22 xT
Y. M'Vila - West Brom
89'
Yellow card
+1.16 xT
C. Kipré - West Brom
Absolute chaos
🧨
7.78
86'
Penalty
+2.16 xT
A. Armstrong - Southampton
49'
Goal
+1.52 xT
W. Smallbone - Southampton
Assist: D. Brooks
90+7'
Goal
+1.41 xT
C. Kipré - West Brom
Assist: M. Johnston
78'
Goal
+1.35 xT
A. Armstrong - Southampton
Assist: F. Downes
All-out war
🟥
4.46
90+4'
Yellow card
+1.22 xT
Y. M'Vila - West Brom
89'
Yellow card
+1.16 xT
C. Kipré - West Brom
75'
Yellow card
+1.04 xT
A. Mowatt - West Brom
82'
Yellow card
+1.04 xT
J. Swift - West Brom
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
2.16
86'
Penalty
+2.16 xT
A. Armstrong - Southampton
Cruelty
😈
Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
Crushed hope
💔
Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
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